Hearts and Question Meme!

[maidofmagdalene]

I missed the big all-game heart meme, so I thought, why not do my own version? Gimme hearts, and I'll respond with same. Also, question meme and whatever previous meme things you want.

Heart codes here!

This is for Roxas and Shion.

Comments

[bigbosshard]

Also how's Shion's PTSD doing? |D

[maidofmagdalene]

Narrowly avoided in the last game! If Sapphire had actually killed the swan... Sacrifice/mercy kill is one of Shion's major triggers, and she doesn't even know she has it. But Sapphire didn't. Bless you, Allen Walker.

I want to give her a couple of happy memories of her world, just cause she's starting to detach from it, in Aather, but after that, I'll be giving her the first dose of the canon PTSD, in the form of repressed childhood memories, I think.

How has Snake been changed by Aather from his canon self, if at all?

[bigbosshard]

The way his memories have shaken out, he's kind of in his later stages of wanting to gather all the PTSD fighters under his wings, but without the villainous angle of NOW LET'S GO START A PERPETUAL WAR AND USE PEOPLE. Which is to me, hilarious. He's genuinely seeking out and bonding with people about how rough things can be, but he's also still fairly doofy. It is fun!

How is Shion and Sapphire itself?

[maidofmagdalene]

<3

Shion has never had more Sapphire dere in her life! Like, at this point, she'd be seriously considering staying in Aather even if she didn't think she was dead back home. Because these people are rapidly becoming her family and getting through the chinks in her emotional armor way faster than anything like it ever happened in canon. I know some of that is because she doesn't have a lot of positive memories of home, or strong attachment memories to anyone other than KOS-MOS and Kevin, so we'll see how this goes. But Sapphire itself has also contributed a lot by being amazing, and by registering as Fellow Survivors Who've Been Through Shit.

How's Jaina getting along with Iolite, nowadays?

[sticksofthejedi]

Standard fare; she gets along well with some -- Inara is forever her favorite and is getting over a bit of a rough patch with Spitfire -- and is on thin ice with others. She takes team into account a lot less these days.

So what does Shion think of all the flirting? XD

[maidofmagdalene]

Yay flirting! She contributes quite a lot of that, herself.

What happened with Jaina and Spit, to cause the aforementioned rough patch?

[sticksofthejedi]

She started pressing him to talk about things that he wasn't comfortable talking about! Which prompted him to close off, and for a little while prompted her to push harder. Eventually she figured out she needed to stop pushing, and she explained why she had been in the first place. Things have smoothed over since.

Does Shion have an impression of Jaina from Judith? I recall seeing a mention somewhere about Shion learning some about Jaina and Judith's whole thing?

[twilight_boy]

She knew they didn't get on, but probably not in a toxic way. Judith sounded like she respected her even if they didn't like each other. Mainly, the impression she got was of a strong-minded woman. Her *other* impression was that Mal's a ho. Which. Is fair. Not like she didn't flirt with him, too.

How did Jaina take Judy being Booked, speaking of those two?

[sticksofthejedi]

She was kind of mad, because she felt like the two were finally close to resolving their issues. She also felt it was going to really hurt Sapphire, because she did see Judy looking out for her team and thought it was significant. Even so, Jaina gets prickly when something happens like Raven suggesting that she'll come back eventually because Jaina thinks Jacen's in the Book (actually he ran off with a Persona) and right now she prefers the idea of him staying there than coming back and her having to try kill him. So. She's averse to the idea of people coming back from the book, and figures she'll just going to have to accept that she can't finish trying to reach an understanding with Judy.

Does Shion have an engineering projects in mind?

[twilight_boy]

Well, she just finished her additions to the notice board. If she's left alone long enough, she might try like electric wiring for Sapphire cabin. ...Actually, that might involve wiring all of Aather, since you need a power source and conduits - though if there's going to be an ocean, there'll be tides! I'd run something like that by the mods first, of course.

She'll also do her best to provide any electronic equipment the clinic might need. The real question there is what's faster, questing for parts, or the equipment itself.

Tell me about Snake's friendship with Cassie?

[sticksofthejedi]

Jaina remembers building a hydroelectric generator and would be highly interested in lending a hand. |D

Snake clicked with Cassie early on because they both have this mindset where they're fighters now, they've always been fighters and always will be fighters. (Also he likes to take young soldiers under his wing; in Snake Eater, it's Ocelot, in Portable Ops it's Null/Grey Fox, in Peace Walker it's Chico, and in the original Metal Gear games where Solid Snake is infiltrating Big Boss' base, Big Boss has just a bunch of kids living there who are like YEAH HE SAVED US AND TAKES CARE OF US 8D)

So that sparked an interest on his side early on. And she was having trouble coping with things. And they're both of a mindset where sometimes the way to help someone is to punch them in the head and give them a kick in the pants to stop just moping around and actually deal with things. Things developed from there!

Cassie started seeing him like substitute Batman and wanted to impress him, and Snake started seeing her as a growing soldier with a lot of potential in the life ahead of her. He wants to encourage her to walk a strong and healthy path! It's a thing he does. Lately though he spends more time uncertain what to do for her because a lot of it's something like ... she's unhappy because her teammate did something, and he can't really help her anymore! They seem to be firmly out of the realm of "do this to fight better" and "you have to decide what to do for yourself" and so on. So right now he's very what doooooo.

If Snake wants some backup in a fight, she's the first person he'll turn to.

Who are Shion and Roxas' most important aather people?

[maidofmagdalene]

Ooh, that could be an awesome joint project!

For both of them, their teammates are at the top of that list. In Roxas's case especially, Emerald made him who he is, and that's someone he's proud to be. Both consider their teams family. Off-team, Roxas has got Ven, Rabbit, Josh, Axel and Saix. Shion, despite being the extrovert, actually has more barriers against getting close. Snake definitely comes to mind! Also Yukio, Mithos and other clinic folks.

Reverse for Snake and Jaina?

[sticksofthejedi]

For Jaina, right now, her most important people are Inara, Mitchell, Spitfire and Zero. For Snake, it's Cassie, Shion, Sion, and Josh -- plus people that he's bonded with about the horrible things in the lives, but on a less personal level (for example, Zack and Guy).

Character's favorite game types?

[twilight_boy]

Shion - Party and social games, like the one Goldie ran. Benevolent/helpful games, like Mally's medic game.

Roxas - Games where he gets to be active, like exploration games. Non-trauma games with a degree of risk, like the White Queen's Mastermind game. He wishes there were sports/fighting games (though his player realizes they'd be difficult to run.)

Reverse, for your two?

[sticksofthejedi]

Jaina favors game's like Automaton's where the teams were to renovate houses. It appealed to her love of working with tools, as well as gave a clear goal and clear reasoning on how things would be judged. She's not a fan of socialization games even though Iolite has a good track record with them.

Snake likes games with food. He's actually kind of hankering for a game with combat because he considers that the thing he's good at.

What's Shion's current opinion of KOS-MOS?

[maidofmagdalene]

KOS-MOS (and possibly Kevin) are Shion's only real ties and attachments to her world right now. KOS-MOS especially is someone she actively knows she adores, and wants more memories of. Someday, she'll get memories of her more ruthless side - and I'm not sure it would change much, but we'll see.

What kind of trauma game, if any, would get to Snake the most?

[bigbosshard]

This is probably completely unoriginal, but a situation where others are being hurt/killed and all Snake can do is sit on the sidelines and emote are some of the worst. The absolute worst being a situation where he'd be forced to kill one of the people he considers "his." It's the situations where his cool, gruff attitude falls apart. He meant it when he said he thought Shion and the others stuck in Odile's columns had the hard part of that game. XD

Reverse~